States of Defeat: US Imaginaries of Revolutiona. Vazquez, Vazquez,**

Name: States of Defeat: US Imaginaries of Revolutiona. Vazquez, Vazquez,**
Brand: University of Minnesota Press

University of Minnesota Press

The cultural reverberations of Central America\u2019s failed revolutions on US intellectual thought The thwarted Central American revolutions during the latter half of the twentieth century marked a watershed in what had become a global anti-imperialist movement striving for a more egalitarian future. Examining a range of documentary, literary, and artistic works, States of Defeat looks at how left-wing intellectuals in the United States reckoned with the fallout from these defeats through wide-ranging creative expressions of indignation, cynicism, and grief. As he argues for the historical significance of Central America in the transition out of the Cold War, Eric A. V\u00C1zquez shows how the unfulfilled revolutionary ambitions in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala prompted intellectuals in\n\nStates of Defeat\nUS Imaginaries of Revolutionary Central America\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked servic;